Resource exhaustion in IBM Security Verify Gateway - CVE-2020-4399

 

Resource exhaustion in IBM Security Verify Gateway - CVE-2020-4399

Published: May 26, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76535
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4399
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can send malformed request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

IBM Security Verify Gateway

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4399

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

Related Security Bulletins